Dictionary Search Results using Damerau-Levenshtein distance in T-SQL

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “ethyl” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
Check this box to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

18 similar words found! Changes to Transform each Found Word to your word are shown as:
~~remove a letter~~ ~ replace a letter ~ swap two letters ~ _add a letter from your word
(Use the links in the Changes column to see more Transformation details.)

Found Word	Scrabble Score	Searched Previously	Found Previously	Changes	To Transform to your Word
ethyl	11	3	651	(None)
ethyls	12	3	590	1	ethyls
methyl	14	3	640	1	methyl
bethel	11	6	964	2	bethel
eth	6	66	3098	2	eth__
ether	8	45	1877	2	ether
ethic	10	15	1122	2	ethic
ethinyl	13	4	343	2	ethinyl
ethos	8	55	1419	2	ethos
ethoxyl	20	4	235	2	ethoxyl
eths	7	66	1952	2	eth_s
ethylic	15	4	632	2	ethylic
ethyne	12	40	715	2	ethyne
ethynyl	16	4	212	2	ethynyl
lethal	9	3	980	2	lethal
methyls	15	3	545	2	methyls
tetryl	9	3	569	2	tetryl
thy	9	70	2291	2	_thy_

Search took 2 seconds overall (including website activity, plus SQL activity in the following phases):

Length Filter: Limit the application of DLD to words with length difference of no more than the Change Limit.
DLD Change Limit: Apply DLD to each remaining word, limiting each comparison according to the Change Limit.
Display Results: Return the results, with similar words marked up to highlight differences.

Seq	Search Phase	Words Checked	Words Matched	Seconds	Words Per Sec
1	Length Filter	178691	53800	0.330	541487.9
2	DLD Change Limit	53800	18	1.640	32804.9
3	Display Results	18	18	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	18	1.970	90706.1